Hair roller



April 4, 1939- I N. L SOLOMON 2,152,673

HAIR ROLLER Filed July 21, 1937 Wfm INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 4, 1939 UNITED STATES PATEN OFFICE 2 Claims.

The present invention relates to an improved hair curler having several novel features, hereinafter mentioned, which will be appreciated from the following disclosure and by those using the curler.

The curler to be shown, described and claimed herein is constructed to provide for proper ventilation of the hair, which is very desirable, as will be readily realized. The present curler is also constructed and adapted to form curls of desirably larger diameter than the curlers of the prior art, which were not adapted, unless made cumbersome, to form curls of suitable size, and while having this advantageous feature, the new curler is extremely light in weight.

Another valuable feature of this new curler is that it makes a curl having a more natural appearance, in contradistinction to curls of artificial appearance made by other curlers, the reason for which will appear in the disclosure.

Furthermore, the present curler is extremely simple in construction; it is most readily applied to, and removed, from the hair and manipulated to form a curl; it is sanitary in construction and is efificient in effecting its purposes. Other objects and advantages will be seen by those skilled in the present art.

In accordance with my invention, I provide, as an element of the new curler, a hollow, foraminous body which is flexible and preferably resilient and is advantageously made of a somewhat firm but flexible and resilient netting to constitute a light weight member of any desired diameter, according to the size of curl to be formed thereon. The hollow, foraminous structure not only makes possible a very light weight element but also a well ventilated one. Furthermore, such an element, being hollow and flexible produces a more natural curl than a solid or nonyielding one, since light differences of tension of the hair along different parts of the length of the element, which naturally occur in the curling process will produce a curl which is not too regular or uniform in diameter, and therefore will not look artificial. The element described, while it may be made to effect a large curl, is tapered at its ends, whereby it is effectively concealed by the curl. The curling member is desirably used in combination with means for holding the free ends of the hair to the curling member so that the curling may be properly started, and means are provided whereby the curler may be easily manipulated, the last mentioned means also functioning to hold the curl in place when completed.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a view showing the engagement with the curler of the free ends of the hair at the nape of the neck, preparatory to the formation of a curl, and illustrates the manner in which the curler is manipulated during the curling process; Fig. 2 is a View showing the curl formed on the curler and both curved to conform to the back of the head; Fig. 3 is a plan view of the curler, the extremities of which are turned back, retaining positions, are shown in dotted lines; Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1 and shows the engagement of the curler with the free ends of the hair at the beginning of the curling process; and Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 55 of Fig. 2 and shows a finished curl formed on the curler.

Referring to the drawing for a more detailed description thereof; the numeral 1 indicates a pliable rubber covered flexible wire adapted to normally retain the form or set given to it by the person using the curler. An elongated hollow, foraminous member 8, circular in cross section, is secured at its ends to the wire I by any suitable means, here shown as threads 9, the foraminous member being shorter than the mentioned wire to provide terminal portions Ia of the wire by which the curler may be manipulated in curling as shown in Fig. 1, which may be bent inwardly, as shown in Fig. 3, after the curl is formed, to hold it and the curler in desired position. The member 8 is an elongate, flexible, hollow body which is advantageously made of a resilient netting to provide a light weight, well ventilated structure on which the curl may be formed, it being noted that the diameter of said member is comparatively large so that it will form a curl of suitable size, this feature being possible with the present curler without appreciable increase in weight, by reason of the described structure and qualities of the member 8. Said member, before, its attachment to the wire I, is a hollow substantially cylindrical body which becomes tapered adjacent its ends when secured to said wire, whereby a correspondingly formed curl is made thereon which is of better appearance than one of uniform diameter, particularly when the curl is formed on the back of the neck. The tapered end portions have the further advantage of being more easily concealed by the curl. Alld the novel combination of structure and qualities possessed by the element 8, as described, is such that, as stated above, a curl of more natural appearance results than that which curlers of the prior art are capable of forming. When the curler is to be used, the member 8 and the intermediate portion 11) of the wire 1 are spread apart and the free ends of the hair are inserted between them, after which they are pressed together to hold the hair to the curler. The latter is then rolled axially to Wind the hair thereon, the terminal portions la of the wire being rotated by the hands for this purpose as shown in Fig. 1. When the curl has been formed, the deformable and pliable end portions 1a are bent inwardly against the curl to hold it to the curler and in the desired set position.

What I claim is:-

l. A hair curler comprising an elongated pliable and deformable body, and a hollow, flexible, foraminous body having tapered terminals, means securing said terminals to spaced portions of said deformable body to normally hold a central part of said foraminous body away from a central part of said deformable body to define an elongated gap to permit the insertion of hair therein, said central portions constituting means for rolling said hair thereabout, said deformable body comprising ends extending laterally of said foraminous body and constituting means for holding the hair wound about said deformable body and said foraminous body thereagainst.

2. A hair curler comprising an elongated pliable and deformable support, and a hollow elongated fiexible, foraminous and normally eXpand-. ed body having tapered terminals, means securing said terminals to intermediate and spaced portions of said deformable support to normally hold a central part of said foraminous body away from a central part of said support to define an elongated gap to permit the insertion of hair therein, said central portions constituting means for rolling said hair thereabout, said support comprising ends normally extending laterally of said foraminous body and constituting means adapted to be disposed in superimposed and overlapping relation in respect to said foraminous body for holding said hair wound about said support and said foraminous body thereagainst.

NATHAN L. SOLOMON. 

